(10-24-2015 11:52 AM)LatahCounty Wrote:  I have yet to see a good reason not to extend Idaho.

The program is clearly back on the upswing from the rock-bottom conference turmoil years of 2011-2013 and will likely help the conference football strength going forward. There are no obvious App and Georgia Southern-like FCS candidates available, and we're about to absorb another FCS call-up -- do you want to keep doing that with lesser and lesser schools and cement the conference's reputation as the constant-turnover FCS startup league? Going to 10 teams leaves you vulnerable to raids. Plus, it's football so who cares about one long road trip every 2-4 years?

Giving Idaho at least another 4 years in the conference makes abundant good sense for all parties. At some point you may have another more regional school that's clearly a better fit. This is not that point, so why have turnover just for the sake of turnover? Stability is a good thing.

You make good points. If Idaho and NMSU are extended Idaho should be placed in the east, to give the west both far reaching schools would not be best.